GRE vocabulary
Abstruse
Difficult to understand; obscure.
Example
"The philosopher's writings were so abstruse that only a handful of scholars claimed to truly grasp their meaning."
Etymology
From Latin 'abstrusus' (concealed, hidden), from 'abstrudere' (to conceal, push away).
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